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rozodru@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

that’s generally how it works with Mint. you install it, use it for a week or two and then move onto a distro that better suites your needs. Mint is a fantastic introduction and sure many will stick with it for awhile I think most move on from it fairly quickly.

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elucubra@sopuli.xyz ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
“most move on”?

Source? because I believe it’s quite the opposite.

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- FlyingSquid@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  I have not moved on. I think most Linux distros would suit most people’s needs and I think a lot of Linux users greatly overestimate what the average person does with a computer, which mostly involves staying within a web browser. That’s why Chromebooks are still a thing. A cheap web browser is all a lot of people need. So if you get them to switch to Mint (or any distro), they don’t really have much of a reason to switch.
  
  I’m not a big gamer, I’m not a coder, I’m just someone who wants a working web browser, an office suite and a way to play audio and video. Anything else is a bonus but not something I really need in a notebook. So Mint is fine for me.
  
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- rozodru@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  sorry I’m new to Linux but most of the people I’ve spoken to on various linux discords the consensus seemed to be that Mint was fantastic to start out on but most moved on to something else after awhile.
  
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  - drphungky@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    
    most of the people I’ve spoken to on various linux discords
    
    Might have a teensy sample selection problem there haha
    
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Theharpyeagle@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
I’ve installed Mint on pretty much any old machine I can get my hands on. Right now I’m using it with KDE as my daily driver and couldn’t be happier.

I’d say for most people coming from windows, there’s little in the way of expected functionality that would be included in other distros.

signed, a Mint simp
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